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How to Serve Peas
Mashed peas are not exactly the most exciting of foods, but the Dorotheenkloster MS has some suggestions how to serve them, including one recipe with parallels a century later: 71 A different gmüs of peas Take peas and grind them … Continue reading
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Rosehip Electuary
Today, I’ll talk a little about an experiment I made to prepare my lecture for my medieval club’s ‘online university’ event. Based on a North German recipe from the late fifteenth century, a sweet and spicy preparation of rosehips: 12 … Continue reading
Mashed Beans
Apologies for the few and brief posts, I am working on a project I hope to finish this week. Today, two recipes for beans from the Dorotheenkloster MS. 69 Mashed beans (prein von pon) Take the beans and make them … Continue reading
Various Faux Cheeses
We have already seen a large number of different recipes for almond–based faux cheeses to be eaten on fast days. The Dorotheenkloster MS also has similar ones made from other ingredients: 65 A cheese of poppyseed Take poppyseed and make … Continue reading
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Chicken and Veal Mus Dishes
Among the many dishes in the class of Mus in the Dorotheenkloster MS, there are two very meaty ones: 61 Another kind of gmüs that is black Take a calf’s blood. If you cannot get that, take chicken blood of … Continue reading
Elderflower Porridge Without Milk
Apologies for missing out on two days, I was preparing a lecture on latwerge next weekend. For today, this little recipe in the Dorotheenkloster MS caught my attention: 63 Of an elderflower müs in Lent Take elderflowers and let them … Continue reading
A Decorative Egg Dish
A recipe from the Dorotheenkloster MS again. This dish plays with the colour contrast of egg white and yolk. 58 A gmüß (spoonable dish) of eggs Take 32 eggs and boil them hard. Take the whites of them, chop them … Continue reading
Testing the Sloe Mustard
To make up for my longer absence over the weekend, here is a second post. Last autumn, I collected sloes to try out a few recipes. One of them was for a mustard from the Oeconomia ruralis et domestica: However, … Continue reading
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Eggs in Lent
We have looked at faux eggs for Lent before. The Dorotheenkloster MS has a series of recipes for these things. 49 Of all kinds of eggs in Lent Take two pounds (libra) of almonds and pound them small. Grind them … Continue reading
Pickled Crawfish
Just a brief recipe today, but potentially delicious: 47 Of crawfish tails Take crawfish and boil them, and shell the tails. When they are boiled, lay them in a pot and put in vinegar and spices. This is quite brief, … Continue reading
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